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Sauvage Eau Forte Dior 2024

5.8 / 10 364 Ratings

A new perfume by Dior for men, released in 2024. The scent is fresh-spicy. It is being marketed by LVMH.
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Main accords

Fresh

Spicy

Woody

Synthetic

Sweet

Fragrance Notes

White lavender

Elemi resin Pepper

Pepper

Musky notes

Star anise

Woody notes

Cardamom

Perfumer

Francis Kurkdjian

Ratings

Scent

5.8364 Ratings

Longevity

6.6308 Ratings

Sillage

5.9308 Ratings

Bottle

7.4290 Ratings

Value for money

4.5284 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 11/24/2025.

Interesting Facts

This fragrance is formulated without alcohol. Johnny Depp stars in the advertising campaign.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Savage Water

Amyris Homme Eau de Toilette

V: Amber Fougere

Amyris Homme Extrait de Parfum

Sauvage Eau de Toilette

Sauvage Elixir

Reviews

20 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/28/2024

2Scent 2Longevity 1Sillage

Moustafa441
2 Reviews

Moustafa441

3

My own opinion :)

1. The scent itself, it lacks depth, complexity, and any real character. The fragrance fades quickly after the first spray.

2. The price Tag of Sauvage Eau Forte promises a luxurious, long-lasting fragrance experience, but delivers neither.

Don't be fooled by the marketing hype.

1/10 because of the magnetic bottle

10/30/2024

6Scent 7Longevity 5Sillage

Tracershy
126 Reviews

Tracershy

2

Strange thing

The wave of hate for this perfume on the internet on an unprecedented scale prompted me to get a sample and check if this hate is justified. Well, no, I don't understand the huge criticism at all. It's true that it's nothing special, but the new representative of the Sauvage family is not as hopeless as it is painted.
In my opinion, such hostility results from three things. Firstly, it departs significantly from the character of its series, although it undoubtedly has distant connotations with the previous Sauvage. Secondly, these are perfumes whose marketing is based on a more balanced and "healthy" approach to creating perfumes, because there is no alcohol in the composition, which is a bit of a dig at Dior, but more on that later. And thirdly, this innovation and the desire to be eco-friendly makes Sauvage Eau Forte a money grab, because the price is astronomically high - totally inadequate for the quality.
As for the composition itself, it's not a bad scent. I rather see it on slightly older, more mature men. There is no sweetness or ambroxan here, which may not suit younger recipients.
The opening contains a lot of elemi resin and spices, so the scent starts off spicy and spicy. Then there is even more raw lavender in the style of older scents from a few decades ago, but despite its slightly retro character, it is a modern composition that only refers to the atmosphere of years ago. Despite the presence of resins and spicy spices, the whole thing is very light, which was taken care of by adding musk in the base.
This scent does not impress me, it is not bad, but it does not cause any wow effect either. Such an ordinary everyday spray for work or for a casual occasion for a guy aged 35+. That's all, but such scents are also useful, just not necessarily at such a terrible price.
The parameters are not impressive either, although longevity is not the worst. The projection could be a little better because it is rather one of the very mild ones.
For me, however, a much bigger problem is the consistency of the juice itself. Alcohol has been omitted and when applied, the perfume has the consistency of a liquid, slightly white emulsion. I have the impression that the perfume does not absorb into the skin and remains on its surface in a very oily form. When clothes come into contact with the application site, a greasy stain is left on the material. Skin with such non-absorbable greasiness also does not look neat or leave a pleasant feeling, because having it on makes me feel caked on. All this completely disqualifies this perfume for me and no matter how much I like the scent itself, I will not buy it. Someone below probably wrote that they hope that the failure to sell perfume in this form will be a warning to other manufacturers. And I hope so too. The whole thing is average at best.

09/07/2024

7Scent 7Longevity 4Sillage

ScentJunkie0
22 Reviews

ScentJunkie0

2

Experimental?

Upon learning that Francis Kurkdjian was the creator of this fragrance, I had high hopes, but unfortunately, I found it disappointing. It initially gives off spicy and fresh notes, but it quickly becomes a skin scent after 30 minutes, lasting around 7 hours. Being the first mainstream designer water-based fragrance, I consider it somewhat experimental. In my view, it smells ok but is not worth the price.

09/08/2024

5.5Scent 5Longevity 4Sillage

JacobJacob
2 Reviews

JacobJacob

2

Unecessary realease

This is nothing special, and i don't know what the fetisch is lately with none alcohol based scents. When i smelled this it made my think a little bit of the scent from Le labo Santal 33. I'm surprised no one is mentioning this. Anyway. I think it is an uneccesary realease from the dior sauvage line. Honesly they can stop it with the sauvage flankers and concentrate on somthing different they are miling the cow for way to long now we need some real innovation and original releases. Of course the Sauvage line is a low financial risk and that's why they keep pushing it.

08/24/2024

8.5Scent 6Longevity 7Sillage

Omnipotato
409 Reviews

Omnipotato

2

EdT version of Sauvage Elixir

Sauvage Elixir should have been its own fragrance line. It has little to nothing to do with Sauvage Eau de Toilette and is an amazing revolutionary fragrance in its own right, causing even niche companies to follow in its footsteps with releases like Absolu Aventus and Apex Parfum. Dior's follow-up to Sauvage Elixir is Sauvage Eau Forte, which in many ways can be considered its "EdT" version. I believe it's actually parfum concentration, but its performance is more similar to an EdT, despite the name "forte" (meaning "strong" in French).

Scent-wise, it is aromatic, spicy, and rich. In the opening, lavender, cardamom, and pepper dominate, then it is taken over by the same dark woody accord present in Sauvage Elixir, with anise and frankincense. This is a great fragrance. Why is it being panned?

One reason undoubtedly is the fact that Dior chose to make this a water-based, alcohol-free fragrance. When they did the same with the J'adore line in J'adore Parfum d'Eau no one blinked an eye. In fact, if you look at the reviews for the at fragrance, women are praising the fact that it is water-based, saying it is less stripping and more moisturizing, and not one of them complained about the identical white color. However, the men reviewing Sauvage Eau Forte seem to think that it resembles a certain bodily excretion and are definitely not a fan of the color/texture. At the very least, the bottle should have been made clear like J'adore Parfum d'Eau so you could at least see that the liquid is white before spraying it (a white Sauvage bottle would have looked great too!). It was a gamble by Dior that seems to have backfired.

I believe that if this fragrance was marketed as an EdT (e.g. Sauvage Elixir EdT), was alcohol-based, and cost $120, the same as Sauvage Eau de Toilette, this fragrance would be touted as a worthy successor to Sauvage Elixir. I still think it is being unfairly panned and the scent should be considered independently of the price and carrier medium.

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